What is the name of your state?Ohio.
We purchased a home with 'central air'.
We had an independant inspector check the home, then the real estate office also sent an appraiser at a later time. Our inspection was done with the power off, the FHA appraiser had the power on.
In trying to figure out what was wrong with the central air, we called the sellers, wondering is there was something we were not doing right. Haven't heard from them since we left a message at both the home and both work numbers.
We called a repairman to look at it, and add freon, because the house had not been occupied for quite a few months.
The repairman called our attention to a copper pipe that had been damaged/gashed,
electrical tape was wound around the damage, and the old insulation had been put over it to make it appear as if nothing was wrong.
http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3031/568/1600/air11.jpg
Moisture got in through the gash in the copper freon tube, damaged the air unit, so thus, there's no air conditioning.
If we knew there were no HVAC, we would have asked for a lower price. We would have liked for the sellers to be honest, and at least tell us there was damage, or, at least have not hidden the damage.
Is there any recourse we can take?
We purchased a home with 'central air'.
We had an independant inspector check the home, then the real estate office also sent an appraiser at a later time. Our inspection was done with the power off, the FHA appraiser had the power on.
In trying to figure out what was wrong with the central air, we called the sellers, wondering is there was something we were not doing right. Haven't heard from them since we left a message at both the home and both work numbers.
We called a repairman to look at it, and add freon, because the house had not been occupied for quite a few months.
The repairman called our attention to a copper pipe that had been damaged/gashed,
electrical tape was wound around the damage, and the old insulation had been put over it to make it appear as if nothing was wrong.
http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3031/568/1600/air11.jpg
Moisture got in through the gash in the copper freon tube, damaged the air unit, so thus, there's no air conditioning.
If we knew there were no HVAC, we would have asked for a lower price. We would have liked for the sellers to be honest, and at least tell us there was damage, or, at least have not hidden the damage.
Is there any recourse we can take?